Sparks
of threatical magic by Lee Morris Photography by Ann Arbor Miller
Standing in the wings of the theater at Audubon High School, a 17-year-old Rebecca Meyer-Larson watched
her
classmates
perform
Thornton
Wilder’s “The Skin of Our Teeth.” During typical productions, students built sets as if they were building a house or raising a barn. For lighting, someone’s dad stood on a ladder while holding a large, bright light. But for Meyer-Larson, the 1985 production of Wilder was different. It was ambitious. It was challenging.
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